King vs. Regent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between King and Regent
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King
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
Regent
A regent (from the Latin regens: ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state pro tempore (Latin: 'for the time being') because the regnant monarch is a minor, is absent, abdicated the throne, is incapacitated or dead, or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy. The rule of a regent or regents is called a regency.
King
A male sovereign.
Regent
One who rules during the minority, absence, or disability of a monarch.
King
One that is supreme or preeminent in a particular group, category, or sphere
"In many countries, soccer is the king of sports" (Cameron W. Barr).
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Regent
One acting as a ruler or governor.
King
A man chosen as the winner of a contest or the honorary head of an event
A homecoming king.
Regent
A member of a board that governs an institution, such as a state university.
King
Abbr. K A playing card bearing the figure of a king, ranking above a queen.
Regent
A ruler.
King
Abbr. K The principal chess piece, which can move one square in any direction and must be protected against checkmate.
Regent
One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
King
A piece in checkers that has been moved to the last row on the opponent's side of the board and been crowned, thus becoming free to move both forward and backward.
Regent
A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
King
Kings(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.
Regent
A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
King
A king-size bed.
Regent
(Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency
King
Principal or chief, as in size or importance.
Regent
Ruling; governing; regnant.
King
Of or relating to a king-size bed
King sheets.
A king bed skirt.
Regent
Exercising vicarious authority.
King
To make (a piece in checkers) into a king; crown.
Regent
Ruling; governing; regnant.
King
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
Regent
Exercising vicarious authority.
King
A powerful or majorly influential person.
Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
Regent
One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
King
Something that has a preeminent position.
In times of financial panic, cash is king.
Regent
Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
King
A component of certain games.
Regent
One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
King
(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
Regent
A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools.
King
(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
Regent
Members of a governing board
King
A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
Regent
Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
King
The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
Regent
Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler;
Prince-regent
King
A king skin.
Oi mate, have you got kings?
King
A male dragonfly; a drake.
King
A king-sized bed.
King
The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
King
(graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
King
To crown king, to make (a person) king.
King
To rule over as king.
King
To perform the duties of a king.
King
To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
King
To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
King
To dress and perform as a drag king.
King
A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.
King
A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
There was a State without king or nobles.
But yonder comes the powerful King of Day,Rejoicing in the east
King
One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.
King
A playing card having the picture of a king{1}; as, the king of diamonds.
King
The chief piece in the game of chess.
King
A crowned man in the game of draughts.
King
The title of two historical books in the Old Testament.
King
To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.
Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead.
King
A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
King
A competitor who holds a preeminent position
King
A very wealthy or powerful businessman;
An oil baron
King
Preeminence in a particular category or group or field;
The lion is the king of beasts
King
United States woman tennis player (born in 1943)
King
United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)
King
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968)
King
A checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
King
One of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
King
(chess) the weakest but the most important piece
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